Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sayed Ahmed al-Abar

Martyn Day: To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has had recent discussions with his counterpart in the Government of Bahrain on the detainment of Sayed Ahmed al-Abar.

David Rutley: The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has not had recent discussions about this individual case with the Government of Bahrain. However, Bahrain is well aware of the UK's long-standing policy to oppose the death penalty in all circumstances, in all countries, as a matter of principle. During Bahrain's Universal Periodic Review in November 2022, the UK recommended an immediate moratorium on the use of the death penalty and has continued to discuss this with the Government of Bahrain.

Department for Education

Education and Skills Funding Agency: Feltham and Heston

Seema Malhotra: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding has been allocated by the Education and Skills Funding Agency in Feltham and Heston constituency in each year since 2017.

Seema Malhotra: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding has been allocated by the Education and Skills Funding Agency in Blackpool South constituency in each year since 2017.

Robert Halfon: The department is able to provide the schools National Funding Formula (NFF) allocations for schools in the Feltham and Heston constituency and Blackpool South constituency from the 2020/21 financial year. This covers mainstream schools funding only. The schools NFF determines school revenue funding for all mainstream schools in England, although schools’ actual allocations are based on local authorities’ local funding formulae. Constituency figures are based on an aggregate of schools’ NFF allocations.Pupil premium provides additional funding to support disadvantaged pupils. Allocations are calculated based on the number of eligible pupils in each school, and so are also available at constituency level.Feltham and Heston and Blackpool South’s NFF and Pupil Premium allocations can be found in the attached tables.Other funding allocations are not available broken down to the level of individual constituencies.7197 7198 Table  (xlsx, 23.9KB)

Economic Growth: Overseas Students

Sir John Hayes: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the contribution to the economy of (a) foreign students at UK universities and (b) their dependents.

Robert Halfon: The government recognises the significant economic and cultural contribution that international students make to the UK’s higher education (HE) sector. According to a report from the HE Policy Institute report in 2023, a cohort of first-year international students enrolled at UK universities in the 2021/22 academic year had an estimated net economic impact of £37.4 billion across the duration of their studies. The net economic impact per student was estimated to be £98,000 per ‘typical’ international student in the 2021/22 cohort. This means that every 10 international students generate around £1 million worth of net economic impact for the UK economy over the duration of their studies. This report highlights the significant economic benefit international students have on the UK economy. The department does not hold any data on the economic contribution of dependants of international students who study at UK universities.